Brace for broken rails.



J. L. HORVATH. BRACE FOR BRQKEN RAILS. APPLICATION FILED FEB.3,1912.

WITNESSES INVENTQR ATTORNEYS Patented July 2, 1912.

,hraee as applied to a rail, lig. 2 is an end *tinrrn STATES OFFICE;

J OHN L. HORVATH, OF FERI IGLEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRACE FOR BROKEN RAILS speoification of Letters Yatent.

siding at Ferngleu, in theeountv ot Luzerne and State of Pennsylvaniahave invented eertaiu new and uset'ul lu'iproveiuents 1n lowing is aspeeitieation, referent-e heiug had therein to the aeeom mirvingdrawing.

This invention relates to a brave for broken rails, and morepartieularlv to a de \it'O adapted to be' teinpm-arily used for holdingand hraeing the broken ends of a rail. v V

The primary ohjeet of my invention is to provide a strong and durabledevice that ean he easil and quickly plaeed 'in engagement with a brokenrail to preserve the alineiuent of the hroken ends ot' the rail until anew rail can heinstalled Another ohjeet ot this invention is to providea rail chair that ran he used in ease of emergent-v 't'or hraeing-dheouter side of the rail and preventthe rail from spreading relatively tothe other 'ail of the traek.

A further ohjeet of this invention is to pruride a simple and inexwnsive. bond that ran he used in eonneetion with a rail ehair ot theahore type for establishing an eleet'rie eireuit hetween the hrolienparts of the. rail.

With the allow and other ohjeets in view, the invention resides in theH'N'tl eonstruw than eolnhiuation and arrangtmentof parts to hehereinat'ter spet'itieallv deserihed and then elainied.

lte l'erenee will n w wherein I-- I Figure 1 is a. perspeet'ive view ofthe view ot the same, and Vi. l is a rross seet-ional view of the same.V i

The reference numeral 1 denotes a rail ehair'in the form of atiatieetangular plate that is plat-ed under the base flange .2 of ahrolten rail It. The ehair is plat-ed to support. the hroken'ends 4 ofthe rail and at the outer side oi the rail there is plat-ed a split-ebar 5 to assist in maintaining the alineineut ot" the broken ends ht therail.

The inner side'o't' thefehair 1, at. the ends thereot' is cut away, asat5 and provided with threaded studs (3 and mounted upon said studs areelanips 7 that are retained thereon hy nuts t-t. The elalnps 7 ext nd onto the inner hase tlange ol' the rail and hedd the inner edge ot the(hair in ngagement he had to the drawing;

I Patented July 2 1912.

3, 1912. Serial No. 675.183.

1 therewith. In addition to these (lamps 1 there are screw sprites tthat extend through :t'he openings'ltl provided theret'er at the inneredge of the ehair. said spikes being retamed within said open ngs hynuts ll heads 12 ot the spikes extend on to the inner hase llange ot therail and l'irndy hold the inner edge ot the ehair in engagement withsaid rail. The outer edge of the ehair. at the ends thereof, hasangularly disposed hraees 1 engaging under the head ot' the broken rail,and these hraees are provided withscrews 14: that engage the weh of therail.- The screws 14 are etmneeted by a wire bond for eleetriallvconnecting the hrolien ends of the rail. I

The outer side of the. ehair is provided lase :2 of the rail. The outerside of the (hair intermediate its ends is provided with vertieallydisposed holts lT upon whi h are mounted sleeves. 1h, these latterengaging the ehair. lrojeetiug from the spliee har 3 are clampingnieuihers l having their tree ends apertured. 'lhe apertured ends of the(damping: neinhers 1'. are mount d upon the halts 17 against the aleevesl8 and are tiyedly seeured in position o nuts it) \vhieh are eonneetedto the hehs ti and engage the outer eml ot the c amping unauhers H3.When the ehair adjusted hy shifting the nut h the splice bar is earriedtoward the weh tor the reason that it is eonneeted to the (hair. Xtterthe snlie hair is elauiped to the rail the spikes Hand 1t; are securedin position to preveut the shifting of the rail.

The ehair 1 upports the hrehen has: of the rail the spikes 9 and itiprevent late at.

supports the ln'oken head ot' the rail.

From the foregoing it will he observed that l have devised a hraeing andclamping (ltVltU that ean he easily and quickly installed for retainingthe hrohen ends of a rail in alineineut. the deviee firmly hraeing therail upon the outer side thereof to prevent the hroken ends ot" the railfrom spreading relatively' to the other rail of the trait-h.

Whatelaiin is:--

i. in a hraeiug deviee. the eomhiuation with a hrohen rail. ot a ehairarranged unltitl' aid rail and having the inner edge seretved upon thelower ends thereof. The. traees tor Broken Rails, ot wlneh the tol- 15,said screws and said wire constituting a with serewspikes lt'reapahle ofengaging the shitting of the rail and the spliee bar 5 said rail, :1splice thereof connected to the inner base flange of said rail,angularly disposed braces carried by the outer edge of and chair, at theends web of said rail at projecting from said LspIice bar and having thefree ends thereof apertured and connected to said posts.

'2. In a bracing device, the combination withm broken rail, of a chairarranged un- :der said rail, snid chair having the inner e ethereof cutaway at the ends thereof (1 an provided with threaded studs, clampsarranged 'upon the threaded studs of said fehair and engaging the saidrail, screw sp lk es-carried bythe Inner inner base flange of edge ofsaid chair and engaging the inner base flange of said rail, angularlydisposed braces carried by the outer edge of said chair at the endsthereof and engaging the under side of the head of said rail; :1 splicebar arranged against the outer side of said rail, posts carried by theouter edge of Said chair, and horizontal clamping members projectingfrom said splice bar and having the free ends apertured and mounted-uponand connected to said posts.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

" JOHN L. HORVATH.

' Witnesses:

' E. A. Runners, J. G. Smennn

